Guess What! (Mika)

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Clare had big news, and she was finishing up training at the obstacle course. February was coming. Okay, so it was actually a long ways off still, but close enough. She watched Elizabeth barely manage to get past the spikes and onto the platform. Fourth was pretty good. She laughed to herself as Mattie started shouting instructions. Ah, Mattie. Usually the firm-handed one here. Clare was more inclined to go easy on them. Mattie was little, but a spitfire. Clare thought she was great. Oh, she should tell her too! Well, given the fact that this would leave the cohort in her charge for a bit the beginning of next year, she definitely needed to. But she had an order of importance here. She’d told Jason of course, then Felicity, now she would need to tell her sister. But back to training. How quickly she got sidetracked. Well, that was understandable. Her news was kind of… huge.

Twenty more painful, hot minutes went by and finally it was time to head back to the barracks, but trouble was, she didn’t live in the barracks anymore. So she walked back with her cohort, then parted ways at the via and headed for New Rome. There she shared a lovely little apartment with her wonderful husband, Jason. She let herself in and headed for the bathroom to take a quick shower and cooled off. When she left the bathroom again, the smell of plumeria flowers followed her. She let her wet hair hang down and air dry. It fluffed up better that way, plus with this warm weather, the dampness felt good. She headed out towards the barracks again to start the hunt for her dear sister, Mikayla.

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She had no idea that her big sister was looking for her, she had been out training today with the cohort and when she got back she had decided to shower. Yes she needed to have a shower before she did anything else. A grin played on her lips when she got out and dried off like she’d learned from Clare. Never had she thought about just willing the water away when she was wet. She had always just dried off like normal but this was faster and better. When she got back in the cohort she changed and then looked to the fish tank. “It’s about time you were cleaned.”

A smile comes to her face as she lifts up the water with her powers and starts cleaning the inside of the tank out. With a grin she uses her powers to take out the cleaning water and then she placed in new water. Looking up she spotted all the fish hanging above her head swimming. Now this was so fun! When the new water was in she hovered the old water over the tank and released the fish into the now clean tank and grinned. “Now that’s better.” Flicking her hand the old water sailed out the window and into the ground.

That’s when she noticed a change in the air. Someone was here and she was going to go find what it was. Making her way out she spotted her older sister and grinned. “Clare!!!!!!” With a grin she ran over to her and hugged her older sister tightly. “How are you?”

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This was a strange look for Clare: wet. Her hair soaked the back of her shirt, but gods, did it feel good. It was really hot, so this was awesome. Maybe she should make a regular habit of this. Plus, didn’t she read in one of those library pregnancy books that hormones made your body temperatures go all wacko? She’d been reading so many of those books that they were all running together. She had no idea when those effects were supposed to kick in, but she was prepping. She rested a hand on her yet bump-less belly and smiled. Little angel. For the thousandth time, she wondered whether it would be a boy or a girl. Probably blonde hair looking at her and Jason. Eyes… oh, she hoped they were Jason’s. She loved his eyes. Facial features? Hmm… mix, yes, mix.

As she approached third’s women’s barracks, something peculiar happened. A blob of water flew out the side window. She stopped and looked around the side of the building. No sign of the remnants of a water balloon, so that could mean only one thing, right? It looked too uniform to be a bucket, plus why would there have been a bucket of water in there? Unless someone had been set to scrub the floors duty. She checked the wet ground for soap bubbles. Nope, not a one. That definitely could mean only one thing.

She walked back towards the front door just in time for another thing to fly out of the building. This time it was the front door… and the thing in question was her sister. She laughed as she hugged her back. “Meeks! Careful, you almost knocked me over!” she said with a laugh to show no harm done. “I’m.. actually really great. What about you? And why were you throwing water out the window?”

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Lucky for Mikayla the fish tank was full of nothing but salt water fish, sure she wanted to have some of the fish from the lake in here but they were fresh water. The water would kill them in minutes so she had to just enjoy them when she was outside swimming in the lake. Looking over the now cleaned tank she couldn’t help but grin to herself. “Okay guys, I’ll see you all in a bit. Someone’s here so I need to go check it out.” Yes, she had no idea of the surprise she was going to get.

When she walked outside she spotted the blonde girl in an instant and grinned. “Care bear!” She held her sister in a tight hug and then giggled. “Sorry about that, but it’s been so long since I’ve seen you! So much has happened.” Like her promotion to Centurion. She needed to tell her sister about that! Taking her sisters hand she led her back to where her bed was so they could sit down on it and talk. “I’m so happy that you’re doing well. I really did miss you and I’m glad you’re back.”

Not having your sibling here was so boring when there was no one to talk to or swim against that was actually a challenge to you. When Clare asked she couldn’t help but smile. “I’m amazing! I have some great news for you!” Yes, she couldn’t hold it in anymore. She was visibly shaking with excitement. “They made me centurion of third!” Well there went the waiting, she blurted it out because it was some amazing news….well not as amazing as the news she was about to get. “Oh that! I well, needed to clean out the fish tank.” Grinning she points to the tank filled with rare tropical salt-water fish she had set up. “Just don’t let anyone know about it.” Someone like Felicity would probably take them and cook them on the grill.

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Little known fact: female children of Neptune, when in an excited state, could fly. Clare learned that now. It was funny, because she liked to think she was rather excited right now herself, but her flying powers did not nearly match her sister’s. Feet did not touch steps whatsoever that Clare could see. One moment there was no Mika, the second there was hug full of Mika. She had to laugh. Oh, Mika. “Promise me one thing: no matter what happens, you always stay happy enough to tackle people with hugs.” She pulled away, still holding her sister by the shoulders in a not-really-a-hug-but-I-want-to-look-at-you-too way. “Telling me! Speaking of, you must tell me all this stuff that’s happened!” And her hand was snatched away from her – without argument – and she was led into the barracks to sit on her sister’s bed. A fish tank caught her eye. “This is new.” Right, back on task. “Sorry, sorry, I mean, yeah, it has been ages! Though I was never go-… oh hold on, I was gone. Never mind!” She laughed.

Great news? Oh, that got her attention. She smiled and bumped Mika’s shoulder jokingly with her own. “Well then, what are you waiting fo-” Apparently nothing. Clare had to laugh at her sister’s eagerness. Then, well, then she had to hug her. “Centurion! Look at you! Won’t dad be proud! This calls for smoothies!” Clean out the fish tank? Again, Clare had to laugh (that happened a lot with Mika) at her sister’s fun ways of taking care of regular things. Including fish tank water out windows apparently. She nodded. “Not telling anyone, though really I think having a fish tank in the barracks is fine. I had a Beta. Not that grand, but cute in its own little Roman way, or at least that’s what the daughter of Bellona who had the bed next to me called it.” Then she nudged her sister again with a big smirk that just screamed I’m hiding something neat.

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There was something about getting to see her sister that made her happy, they were finally together and it made her feel amazing. The fact that she had to go on her honeymoon made her a little sad but now that she was back she was going to spend as much time with her as possible. A giggle escapes her lips and she nods her head. “Of course! It’s fun flying and tackling people.” Being here with her sister made it all worth it. Oh she was going to regret that! She wanted her to tell her all that’s happened. Raising an eyebrow a mischievous smirk comes across her lips. “Are you sure about that? We might be here for a while.” That was if she really wanted to know everything. When they sit down and her sister catches the fish tank she grins. “Yeah, father helped me with it if you can believe it. It’s nice to have him actually in our lives now.” Hearing her sister correct herself on her being gone she could only nod. It was HORRIBLE with her sister gone!

The news! She had to tell her sister the good news! Now she was on her sisters level and father could be proud of them BOTH! It was so amazing and now they could plan training together. “Yes! I was so excited when Remus promoted me! We should go out and get some!” She was so happy at this moment in time. A smile came on her lips and she sighed. Thank the Gods she was going to be able to have the fish tank and be fine. Wait one second! Her eyes scanned her sister over and she blinked. What the?! She was glowing. “You’re hiding something! Not only hiding but it’s good news…because you’re glowing.” Leans in closer and looks into her sisters’ eyes. “Spill, what happened?!?!”

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Clare had to laugh at her little sister’s antics. It wasn’t that long ago that she was just like that. Now she felt like she was half growing up. Just half. She still loved tackling Jason in the morning with an impromptu pillow fight. Now that was fun. “Right of course, silly me.” She grinned. She nudged her jokingly. “Totally sure, fire when ready chief.” She took up residence on her sister’s bed, grabbing her pillow and hugging it on her lap. “Prepped and ready for story time! Unless you have a stash of mint tea around here,” she added jokingly. Her smile dipped a little as Mika talked about how wonderful having their dad in their lives was. Because it was singular. She’d thought maybe he forgot or something or was fashionably late, but she’d yet to receive a wedding gift from her own father. That was kind of a big deal. Sure, he didn’t like Jason, but did that have to extend to her? Actually, she hadn’t seen him since he walked her down the aisle. She was pretty sure the most recent memory she had with him was the daddy-daughter dance at the reception, which, incidentally, he’d left after, or she flat out couldn’t find him again. Maybe there had been a oceanic disaster he had to attend to or something, but… that had been February. She even went out to sea for her honeymoon and no sign of him. So her response was perhaps a little delayed as all this washed over her, but after a minute or so, she nodded. “Yeah, he’s pretty cool.” She wasn’t sure how much honesty went into that, but she didn’t want her sister to know. She’d just talk to Jason about it, maybe tonight. Thank the gods (except Neptune) that the hormonal crazies didn’t kick in quite so soon into the pregnancy or she might have had a small breakdown right there. Something to look forward to! Yay!

Thank goodness there was such thing as distraction. “Yes, smoothies!” Then her sister paused to look her over and seemed to consider her. She leaned away as her sister leaned in alarmingly close. See, Clare was still slightly mulling over the earlier conversation a bit, so the sudden lack of bubble alarmed her a little. Okay, she was jealous of her sister. Part of her wanted to keep her news to herself now, but she knew that wasn’t right. Part of her was raging that her little sister would be frolicking in front of her shiny new cohort that she led, one that was more prestigious than Clare’s, getting gifts and visits from their father and all the while Clare would be leaving Mattie to do the work because she was struck with morning sickness again and couldn’t keep her food down. It was… a little mortifying. OF course, she knew it would be worth it, but… it didn’t change the fact that in this moment, as she heard the soft, comforting filter bubbling in her sister’s fish tank, she kind of just wanted to cry. She wanted her own fish tank. Her beta had died two years ago. And even if it hadn’t, it was nothing compared to this. Plus, that little guy was mean. Seeing as she could talk to it, she knew full well his extended curse vocabulary. In his last weeks, shortly after Jason got her that stuffed toy fish, he’d rage and rage about how she was trying to replace him with a toy until she had to put in ear plugs. Then he died and she regretted not trying to comfort him. But how do you comfort a fish? But now she really wanted a fish.

Which also distracted her and delayed her response. This was all in all a horribly awkward conversation. “Well, um… you’re going to be an aunt.”

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She laughed and looked at her sister with a huge smile on her lips. Being here with Clare was amazing. It was nice that they could both be able to be here and just be with one another. Leaning in she smiled and held her close. “Okay but I am going to rapid fire this!” Leaning back she looked to the fish tank and then smiled thinking about it. “Yes! I know you like mint tea so I always keep a stash for when you come over!” She loved her sister and she wanted her to feel comfortable when she was here. Pulling out a hot plate she manipulated some water into a cup and set it on the plate to heat up. Once it was nice and hot she added in the tea bag and waited for it all to mix together. As soon as the mug was cool but the tea hot she brought it over to Clare. “One mint tea as requested.”

Seeing her sisters’ mood change so quickly was alarming to her. She was normally just as bubbly and full of cute awesomeness like she was. Now she was going to have to do something to pull her sister out of this mood and make sure she was happy and giddy again. It was good when Clare was all excited and fun loving. That was one way that you could tell they were sisters. Look how they both were. It was a family trait it seemed.

Then she broke her news. She was going to be an aunt? She squealed loud and hopped off her bed. “You’re pregnant?!?! Oh my gods this is big! This is amazing!” She hopped around her room in excitement and then smiled back. “Congrats Clare! I cannot wait to see your baby!” Oh she was going to have some shopping to do now! She was going to have a niece or nephew and get them something special! “How far along are you? When are you due? Do you have plans for a nursery? When are we going shopping for baby clothes?” Yup, she was a little to excited now.

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Clare simply had to laugh at her words. “Mika, since when do you not rapid fire stuff? But go for it.” Ah, mint tea, just what she needed. Thank at least a couple of the gods that her sister knew her that well. She continued to hug the pillow as she waited, then smiled and took the offered mug. “Thank ya much.” She fiddled with her shirt hem and sipped her tea, basking in the warmth running down her throat. All occasions needed hot tea. She scooted back so she could lean her back against the wall, twisting to arrange her hugging pillow into a back supporting pillow. Yes, now she could comfortably speak this news. And that she did.

It certainly got a reaction. She was pretty sure everyone on earth was awake after that squeal. It… made Clare feel pretty good. She was excited herself and all. Good to share it with family. She laughed as she watched her sister basically go ballistic. “Well, you’re going to have to wait a little while. Early February is the due date. So coming up. Thank the gods because these cravings and stuff need to stop. Speaking of which, I need Texas toast like hardcore right now. Want to break into the kitchens with me?” She leaned back against the pillow, which actually accentuated her tummy a bit, but that wasn’t the intention. The intention was that lately she’s been in dire need of some back support. And foot cream. Which was at home. Darn. "Well, the nursery is the spare room. Jason has been painting it soft green, but obviously I’m not allowed to help with that. Actually, you’d do me a world of help if you came with me to find good decorations and that sort for it. And clothes. Oh! And I learned how to knit so I’m making a patchwork baby blanket. Should be done in time. I hope…”

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Okay okay okay, Clare was right and she rapid fired things a lot. It happened to be in her blood thank you very much. “Blame my mom for that, or you can blame dad. I think we both get it from him. Either that or our mothers are so much alike.” Now see, it would have been funny if they had the same mom but that was not possible at all. Not with how close in age these two girls are and where they’re from. “No worries, my sister needed something to drink and I’m happy to help. It’s what family is for you know.” She would gladly come to the aid of her sister when she needed it most. They were best friends or well she saw her sister as a best friend.

BABY! Just one word and she was so excited! She was going to be an aunt because her big sister was going to have a baby! Now this was exciting! She could spoil this child to no end. The best part was it wasn’t hers so she could spoil him or her and her parents couldn’t really do anything about it. Hopefully they would be able to breathe underwater so they could take him or her out to the sea and show them all the cool fish. Okay no, it was going to be a girl. Look at Neptune’s line right now! He had two daughters! It was like he was cursed.

“Urg! I can’t wait for her to get here. Yes little one you have to be a girl because you will fit in better that way.” She laughed as she teased and then looked up to her sister. “Seriously, look at dad’s line so far. He’s got two daughters so I think he’s going to be cursed with all granddaughters too.” Okay texas toast sounded amazing right about now. “That sounds like an amazing plan. Now do you want just texas toast or do you want to make texas toast grilled cheese’s?” They could make them deluxe! When her sister leaned back she smiled and moved closer to her baby bump and grinned. “Shopping for baby things? Count me in! We can do a whole nautical theme!” A smirk formed on her lips when her sister said she could knit now. “You’re going to have to teach me so I can make her a nice little hat or something.”